Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan aim to follow West Indies to the Super 8s with win over Papua New Guinea.
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: New Zealand will be keeping a close eye at the Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea match on Friday hoping that the minnows can somehow upset the Asian nation. If Afghanistan win the match on Friday, New Zealand are eliminated.
The win will guide Afghanistan to 6 points and they will progress alongside hosts West Indies to the next round with both having 6 points each. New Zealand have 2 more matches left but even winning those will not help them as they can reach only a maximum of 4 points.
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Rahamanullah Gurbaz (156 runs) and Fazalhaq Farooqi (9 wickets) are currently leading the chart of run-makers and wicket-takers respectively and it’ll be a very big ask for PNG to defeat a team which has functioned like a well-oiled machine in this World Cup.
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T20 World Cup: Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan pull off ‘one of their greatest T20 wins’ to hammer New Zealand
At this point, it should not come as a surprise when the Afghanistan cricket team pull off a win at the biggest stages against the traditional powerhouses. On Saturday, they didn’t just beat New Zealand at Providence Stadium, Guyana. They outplayed the Kiwis, the masters of showing up in good form at these ICC events.
Kane Williamson and Co. would have known before the match that this wasn’t going to be easy even if they hit the ground running close to their top level. Turned out, they were nowhere near that. And Afghanistan pounced. They won by a whopping 84 runs to make it two wins out of two and put one foot in the Super 8.
These are no longer upsets, these are moments of vindication for a side that has constantly punched above their collective weight. (READ MORE)
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First uploaded on: 14-06-2024 at 05:25 IST
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